1 POINT c.

horizontal line
1. Imaginary lines passing through places where magnetic d. level line
declinations are the same at a given times.
a. Agonic lines 11. The top of a tower signal at B 2000 m. from A way was
b. Isoclinic lines sighted through a transit with recorded vertical angle of 2o
c. Orthogonic lines 30'. The height of the mast is 12 m. and the H.I. of the transit
d. Isogonic lines above the point where it is set is 1.10 m. The elevation of the
point under the transit A is 133.3 m. Compute the elevation of
2. A line was measured to be 412 m using a 30-m tape, which is the base of the signal B.
of standard length at a temperature of 20oC. During a. 220
measurement, the temperature was 52oC. If the coefficient of b. 225
thermal expansion of the tape material is 0.0000116/m-oC, c. 215
calculate the correct lenght o fthe line. d. 210
a. 412.153m
b. 409.845m 12. When the temperature was 3oC, the distance from E to F was
c. 411.847m measured using a steel tape that has a standard length at
d. 413.215m 20oC with a coeffcient of thermal expansion of 0.0000116/oC.
If the correct distance from E to F is 836.5 m., what is the
3. sin (270o + B) is equal to: measured distance in m.?
a. sin B a. 836.665
b. -sin B b. 835.675
c. cos B c. 836.335
d. -cos B d. 836.005

4. The length intercepted on the stadia rod is 3.6 m. and the line 13. If the polar distance of a star 2o 30', what is its declination?
of sight makes an angle of 3o 45' with the horizontal. Find the a. 92o 30,
distance, in m., from the center o fthe instrument to the rod, if b. 62o 30,
the stadia constant is 0.3 and the stadia interval factor is 100. c. 87o 30,
a. 363.33 d. 177o 30,
b. 361.28
c. 357.62 14. An instrument or device used to determine the area of any
d. 359.14 irregular figure plotted on a map which is drawn to scale.
a. plotter
5. The science of mapping out a big track of land and consists in b. planimeter
taking overlapping photographs from an aeroplane flown at c. altimeter
adequate altitude. d. areanometer
a. cartography
b. uronography 15. A curved surface every element of which is normal to a plumb
c. hydrography line.
d. photogrammetry a. plumb surface
b. curved surface
6. In stadia surveying, the height of the instrument must be c. plane surface
known in order to determine the: d. level surface
a. elevation of the line of sight
b. stadia distance
c. probable error
d. accidental error

7. A line in a map was drawn at a scale of 1.25000. An error of

0.02 mm in the drawing is equivalent to how many meters in
actual? 2 POINTS
a. 50 m 1. The sides of a square lot having an area of 2.25 hectares were
b. 5m measured using a 100-m tape that was 0.04 m. too short.
c. 0.05 m
Compute the error in the area in sq.m.
d. 0.5 m
a. 12.0016
b. 17.9964
8. The kind of survey used for the purpose of locating working
c. 18.0036
under the surface of the earth is:
d. 11.9984
a. Topographic
b. Plane
c. Mine 2. A flagpole 3 m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2 m high
d. Hydrographoc located at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of the
pathway directly facing the flagpole, the flagpole subtends the
9. A student recorded the following number of paces after same angle as the pedestal. What is the width of the
walking a distance of 50 m repeatedly as 71.5, 72.0,70.0, and pathway?
69.5. He wanted to measure the distance between two points a. 8.41 m
C and D. He recorded the following number of paces from C to b. 6.28 m
B or back as 465,468,463, and 460. What is the distance from c. 4.47 m
C to D? d. 3.21 m
a. 378 m
b. 421 m
c. 328 m 3. A point where the vertical produced upward,pierces the
d. 462 m celestial sphere.
a. horizon
10. A straight line tangent to a level surface: b. nadir
a. level surface c. ecliptic
b. tangent line d. zenith
 same elevation, and on a direct line with the tower. How high
4. An artificial shade line indicating relief but does not give exact is the tower?
information regarding elevation. a. 46.27 m
a. level b. 57.32 m
b. hachure c. 43.21 m
c. agonic d. 76.32 m
d. isogonic
13. In a hydrographic survey using a current meter with meter
5. The configuration and roughness of the ground is referred to constant a = 0.232 and b = 0.022, it is required to determine
as: the velocity of the water at that point if the time of
a. hachure observation was recorded to last for 50 sec. and the recorded
b. contour number of revolution is taken as 10.
c. topography a. 0.0247 m/s
d. relief b. 0.0575 m/s
c. 0.0684 m/s
6. With the transit at point A and line of sight horizontal, the d. 0.0346 m/s
stadia intercept at B is 0.6 m. If the stadia interval facor is
99.96 and the stadia constant is 0.3, find the distance AB. 14. The correction to be applied to the latitude or departure of
a. 78.32 m any course is to be total error of lalitude or departure as the
b. 60.28 m length of the course is to the length of the traverse is one way
c. 43.87 m
of balancing a traverse and is known as:
d. 54.21 m
a. approximate value
b. compass rule
7. A line has a magnetic bearing of S 41o 30'E when the c. value rule
declination was 1o 30' E. What is the true bearing of the line if d. transit rule
a local attraction of 3o 30' to the East of the vicinity?
a. S 35o 30' E
b. S 43o 30'E
c. S 45o E
15. The offset distance from PC to PT of a simple curve is 8 m. If
d. S 45o E
the angle of intersection of the curve is 20o, what is the
radius of the curve?
8. From station 12 + 180 with center height of 1.4 m in fill, the
a. 123.87 m
ground makes a uniform slope of 5% to Station 12 + 240 b. 132.65 m
whose center height is 2.8 m in cut. How far is the point of c. 113.62 m
intersection of the ground and the road from Station 12 + d. 153.98 m
180?
a. 20 m 16. The sum of meridian distances of the two extremeties of a
b. 25 m given line is known as:
c. 30 m a. parallel distance
d. 15 m b. double parallel distance
c. meridian distance
9. A triangular piece o fland has one side measuring 2 km. The d. double meridian distance
land is to be divided into two equal areas by a dividing line
parallel to the given side. What is the length of the dividing 17. The tangent of s simple curve from P.I. to P.C.has a bearing of
line? N 65o E and the other tangent from P.I. to P.T. has a bearing of
a. 8.485 N 55oW. At a point 150 m from P.C. along the tangent through
b. 6 P.C, the right angle offset to point F on the curve is 6.2 m. Find
c. 7.623
the radius of the curve.
d. 8
a. 1817.6 m
b. 1752.3 m
10. Determine the central angle of a 350-m simple curve if the c. 1657.5 m
nearest distance from the curve to the point of intersection of d. 1547.2 m
the tangents is 18 m.
a. 36o 18. From a point A on a simple curve, the perpendicular distance
b. 39o to the tangent at point Q is "X". The tangent passes through
c. 56o
PC. Point A is at station 20 + 250 and PC is at station 20 +
d. 32o
150. If the radius of the curve is 800 m, find x.
a. 62.32 m
11. A baseline measures 25 km at elevation 520 m. If the average b. 6.24 m
radius of curvature is 6400 km, compute the sea-level c. 25.47 m
distance. d. 7.89 m
a. 24,998.63 m
b. 24,995.24 m 19. From the top of tower A the angle of elevation of the tower B
c. 24,996.24 m
is 46o. From the foot of tower B the angle of elevation of the
d. 24.997.97 m
top of tower A is 28o. Both towers are on a level ground. If the
height of tower B is 120m, how high is tower A in m?
12. An observer wishes to determine the height of the tower. He
a. 38.6
took sight of the top the tower from A and got an angle of b. 40.7
elevation of 30o. He taken walked 25 m closer to point B and c. 44.1
observed the angle of elevation as 40o. Points A and B are the d. 42.3
20. A line was measured with a 50-m tape. There were 2 tallies 3. Point A is between points B and C. The distances of B and C
and 3 pins, and the distance from the last pin and the end of from point A are 1000 m and 2000 m, respectively. Measured
the line was 2.25m. Find the length of the line in meters. from point A, the angle of elevation or point B is 18o 30', while
a. 1152.25 that of point C is 0. The difference in the elevations of B and C
b. 517.25 is 44.4 m, with C being lower than B, Considering effects of
c. 117.25
curvature and refraction, the value of 0 is nearest to:
d. 1017.25
a. 7o30'
b. 6o45'
21. A parabolic curve AB, 400 m. long is connected by tangents
c. 5o20'
having an upgrade of +6.5% and a downgrade of -3%
d. 8o 15'
interesecting at sta.20 + 800 at elevation 102.5 m. Find the
distance from B to the highest point of the curve.
a. 126.3 4. The tangents of a simple curve have bearings of N 75o 12' E
b. 125.6 and S 78o36'E, respectively. What is the central angle of the
c. 123.5 curve?
d. 124.8 a. 29.2o
e. b. 38.2o
22. A steel tape is 100 m. long at a standard pull of 65 N. c. 26.2o
Compute the pull correction in mm if during measurement the d. 27.2o
applied pull is 40 N. The tape has a cross section area of 3.18
mm2 and a modulus of electricity E=200 Gpa. 5. From point A on a simple curve, the perpendicular distance to
a. -4
the tangent, at point Q, is 64 m. The tangent passes through
b. -6
c. -7 the P.C. The distance from Q to P.C. is 260 m. Find the length
d. -5 of the curve from PC to A, in m.
23. STA P.T. of a compound curve is at 15 + 480.14. I1 = 30o, I2= a. 352.47
36o, D1 = 4o and D2 = 5o. What is the stationing of P.C.C.? b. 298.56
Use arc basis. c. 270.37
a. 15 + 325.28 d. 254.12
b. 15 + 319.63
c. 15 + 342.5
d. 15 + 336.14
6. From point A on a simple curve, the perpendicular distance to
24. What is the angle of intersection of the tangents of two simple
the tangent, at point Q, is 64 m. The tangent passes through
curve of their bearing are N 75o 12' E and S 78o36' E,
the P.C. The distance from Q to P.C. is 260m. Find the radius of
respectively.
the curve, in m.
a. 18o 42'
b. 3o 24' a. 580
c. 26o 12` b. 560
d. 22 38 c. 520
d. 540
5 POINTS 7. A closed traverse has the following data:
1. A reversed curve has the following properties: COURSE BEARING DISTANCE (m.)
Degree of curve, D1 = 3o 1-2 N 09.27o E 58.7
Central angle, I1 = 24o 2-3 S 88.43o E 27.3
Degree of curve, D2 = 4o 3-4 S 86.78oE 35.2
Central angle, I2 = 38o 4-5 S 05.30o E 35.0
Stationing of P.C. = 67 + 345.23 5-1
Determine the stationing of PRC (point of reversed What is the bearing of line 5-1?
curvature). Use arc basis. a. S 72.07o W
a. 67 + 505.23 b. S 85.16o W
b. 67 + 549.23 c. S 78.31o W
c. 67 + 689.23 d. S 76.05o W
d. 67 + 467.23
8. To determine the area of a triangular lot ABC, a surveyor set-
2. A compound curve has the following properties: up a transit at point P inside the lot and recorded the following
I1 = 32o bearing and distances of each corners of the lot from P.
Length of long chord from PC to PCC, L1 = 235.98 m Corner Bearing from P Distance from P
I2 = 24o A N 47o 32' W 36.25 m
Length of long chord from PCC to PT, L2 = 178.23 m B N 68o 52' E 48.32 m
Find the length of chord from PC to PT. C Due South 65.25 m
a. 376.54 m
b. 476.45 m Determine the area of the lot in square meter.
c. 402.15 m a. 3127
d. 234.76 m b. 4253
c. 2586
d. 3256

9. A closed traverse has the following data.

COURSE BEARING DISTANCE (m.)
 1-2 N 09.27o E 58.70 b. -0.01357
2-3 S 88.43o E 27.30 c. -0.04214
3-4 _________ ______ d. -0.02149
4-5 S 05.30o E 35.00
5-1 S 72.07o W 78.96 11. A compound curve has the following data:
What is the length of course 3-4? I1 = 28o D1 = 3o
a. 38.65 I2 = 31o D2 = 4o
b. 39.3 STA P.I. 30 + 120.5
c. 37.5 Find the stationing of P.C.C. Use P.I 30 + 120.5
d. 35.2 a. 30 + 110.73
b. 30 + 106.97
10. The ground makes a uniform slope of 4.8% from STA 12 + 180 c. 30 + 118.46
to STA 12 + 250. At STA 12 + 180, the center height of the d. 30 + 114.88
roadway is 1.2 m fill. At the other station, the center height is
3.11 m cut. Find the grade of the finished road.
a. -0.01427